Miguel Aleman Valdes

Miguel Aleman Valdes (29 September 1900-14 May 1983) was President of Mexico from 1 December 1946 to 30 November 1952, succeeding Manuel Avila Camacho and preceding Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.

Biography
Miguel Aleman Valdes was born in Sayula, Jalisco, Mexico on 29 September 1900, and he became a qualified lawyer before rising to become Governor of Veracruz in 1936 and Minister of the Interior under President Manuel Avila Camacho. In 1946, he became the first civilian resident since the Mexican Revolution of 1911, and he reorganized the ruling Party of the Mexican Revolution into the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He inaugurated a programme of industrialization and economic development, while protecting the nascent industries with high import tariffs. He also laid the foundations for Mexico's tourist industry, which developed into a crucial hard-currency earner for the economy. He was never particularly popular due to allegations of corruption in his government, as he enriched himself and his associates. Aleman left office in 1952, and he died in Mexico City in 1983.